THE BOOK OF THE EOYAL 



Kaucli. This celebrated German sculptor was employed by 

 the late King of Bavaria to execute six statues of Victory, in 

 different attitudes, for the hall of the Walhalla at Eatisbon, 

 where they are now placed ; no easy task, as may be imagined. 

 The fertility of the artist's genius, however, proved equal to the 

 demand made upon it, and six statues, of great beauty, and 

 varied in attitude, were executed by liim. With a liberality 

 seldom practised by those who purchase works of fine art for 

 themselves, His Majesty the King of Bavaria allowed casts 

 of these statues to be taken; and the Society, at the recom- 

 mendation of H.E.H. the 

 Prince Consort, p)urcliased 

 two of them, cast in zinc- 

 bronze, by Moritz Geiss. 

 They are nine feet high, 

 and have been placed be- 

 hind the central basin on 

 the west side instead of on 

 the east side (which would 

 have been preferred), on 

 account of the protection 

 the arcade on that side 

 affords against the western 

 blast, to which the half- 

 expanded wings of the 

 Victories offer rather too 

 much hold. They occupy 

 a very effective position, their wings breaking the even out- 

 lines of the tops of the arcades, which form the horizon from 



